Lily: o.0… truth be told, I was thinking of putting this on hold due to the lack of ideas… but, I've decided to continue. And… er… that was the double post… I WILL be seventeen… in quite a few months, but back when I posted, I turned sixteen. Anyhow, try and enjoy this chapter…. My writing's gotten a bit more serious since I last posted, and might have gone down… plus, writing something when you've got NO idea what will go on can be a big pain in the arse.

nightfall: I hate to sound rude, but your becoming quite the bother with all those questions. Anyhow…. Roberto/Tea! didn't see that one coming. That would have been a good idea, but, you see, Roberto is quite a bit older than she. I would have done that if he was, say, ten years older… but no. and who says she'll fall for Kaiba?

Princess of the Nile: how am I making Tea sound so "EW" ? She is not my favourite character, but I don't hate her. Now that that's cleared up, I don't really do the whole in-character thing, so you've got to stomach that as much as you can.

Heh, this is very much like a chat-line. Well, Judo's returned to Japan. He's been gone for a while now….

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! (yeah, lol, I'm desperate) I WILL BE AWAY FOR FIVE WEEKS, SO BE PATIENT! AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME! (ok, well, I think I caught your attention… at least I hope…..) well, this was a really short and terrible (not to mention awkward) chapter, but I updated for the reviewers… however, I might remodify it when I get back, and if not… the later chapters will be better, trust me on this….

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The window was splattered with rain, and Tea awoke in tears again. The night before had triggered such an anger, she had to beat on every pillow in sight, and was brought to think of her friends…. They would never do something like that, and if they had been there, they would have protected her. If only the gang was still in one piece… if only it wasn't torn apart… if only Yugi…. She couldn't bring herself to think of it anymore, unable to endure the unbearable wave of pain.

She gripped at her chest and pushed her fist into it, hoping the pain will subside… all she could do was sit and wait…

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Blinds whipped furiously, and let in a strong gust of wind. Kaiba twitched a little, and struggled to keep warm, but gave in and opened his eyes. He fingered his cheek, and winced slightly. He was impressed at how a girl, especially a cheerleader can hit so hard. Nonetheless, he was still quite pissed. He took a look at the clock, and for a second felt safe, and snuggled back into his pillow, but when he replayed the picture of the changing clock in his mind, he thought he'd go ballistic. He was reaching up to his head to pull at his hair, but he caught himself.

I'm late again! He inwardly growled. ...stupid girl… His back shot upwards and he found himself in a cold wet puddle. For a moment he was caught so off-guard, he just sat there, scolding himself at how stupid and childish he was for letting something like that happen, but when he found everything else with little droplets on them from the window to his bed, he figured it must've rained while he was asleep… but he still scolded his foolishness for leaving the window open. Luckily, it was dry outside so his work will go on.

Rubbing the grog away from his face, he got up and staggered his way to the window, the wind lashing at his bare skin. He shivered and slammed them closed, suddenly dizzy. He started to sneeze repeatedly, and clung to the windowsill while he was temporarily blinded by the sneezes.

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Maude stood in the kitchen, surrounded by the harmonious smell of her own cooking. She took a nice, long whiff and let it out in a sympathetic sigh. When she saw Tea early that morning, her head was down and her face looked red and watery. She didn't find it fair that Tea, at such a young age, had to feel such pain that Maude had felt when she was much older. She adapted to the pain… nothing hurt her so much anymore…

She was pulled from her daytime nightmare by the sound of violently thumping feat. She instantly became paranoid and gripped tightly on the spoon. The footsteps got closer and closer. She sprinted out the kitchen and stood in the way of the staircase door, in a ready position to attack.

Kaiba was running so fast to get out the door, he blind to his surroundings. Two hours late…. Damn! His feat made a whole lot of clanking and clashing as they rushed down the metallic steps of the staircase. At the last floor, he couldn't take his feat going so slow, so he jumped down from the top step. His cloak and most of the loose clothing flew up like a parachute as he fell, and dropped after he landed noisily on the ground. With no time to spear, he shot out the door and rushed for the only thing he saw…. The front door. Something spontaneously lunged outward and chocked his neck. His foot slipped from under him and he was forced to the ground with a bang. He wasn't able to see anything… it was all a blur… Many loose articles around the area shook and chimed after the harsh impact. He blinked, not knowing what hit him as the moment of darkness faded.

"Oh! Mister Kaiba! It vas only you." Maude said, relieved. "I thought I vas goving to have a heart attack…" she finished by putting her hand to her chest as if to emphasize that statement.

Seto shook the rest of the darkness from his eyes and stood up. "I'm late for work." He added an 'again' mentally. He was trying his best to be calm at the moment, but an angry bomb was about to explode. "I'm leaving" he declared as calmly as he could and tried to walk to the door normally, but he only ended up stumbling all over.

"You don't look so good." she said bluntly, "perhaps you should take ze day off?"

"I'm fine!" he growled, and picked up the pace until the stagger was no longer visible. He burst through the front door and ran as fast as his legs would take him.

"GET TO WORK!" he barked so loud, his lungs were emptied. Little did he know, everyone was already at their post.

"You alright, boss?" one man shouted from the top of his ladder when he saw Kaiba dragging himself across the field.

He gave his worker a look, so cold and so sharp, the employee was surprised an icicle didn't materialize from them. He shifted slightly in his seat and turned his head back to his work. Kaiba looked on and tripped his way to the section he was working on. As he looked up, he expected to see it only half-built with no plastic or metal covering the skeletons, but just before the sun could blind him with it's powerful light, he was sure he saw the rides completed. He put a hand to his forehead to protect his burning eyes and saw exactly what he had seen one moment ago. "All clear, sir." One of them confirmed with his thumb up.

A warm feeling spread throughout his body and tickled his gut. His dizziness was temporarily forgotten, though the itch in his nose was a little harder to ignore. "ALRIGHT! Enough sitting around! Let's move to the last section!" he yelled, before a smile could break through his mask. This time, though, the yell wasn't harsh or demanding, but soft in the strangest of ways. Some workers were confused by his tone, but didn't take the risk of questioning it.

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"Come on, Roberto!" Mokuba yelled, pulling at the large man's arms. "Get out of bed already!"

"Mokuba, I can't!" he said, visibly resisting a growl, tugging his arms back.

"You don't have to cook." The kid replied in a sing-song type of voice, trying his best to get Roberto out of bed… Not having another male to talk to was driving him absolutely mad.

"Yes, and if I stay in bed, I won't have to look after you." He replied, slightly sarcastic. He got his arm free and settled back into his bed.

Mokua did not like Roberto's sense of humour. "That was…. Cold….." he said, his eyes suddenly shaded by his thick black main.

"Aw come on! It was a joke!" he laughed a bit to try and manipulate the young boy, but it didn't quite work. His expression became serious as he grabbed the kid's shoulders tightly and cleared his throat. "Look, you can stay in here of you like, but I cannot go downstairs. Let me rest, and maybe in a few days it'll get better, and-"

"MEAL FOR YOU!" Maude suddenly barged in, and sounded as if she was trying to sing in the opera. She rushed over to Roberto's bed and dropped the heavy plate on his stomach. He coughed a bit at the impact, but tried hard not to let anything fall.

"Maude, I cannot eat so much, I-" he started with a cough.

"Nonsense!" she cut him off. "You mast eat. Bring ze plate dowvn ven he's done, kid." She said, looking down at Mokuba, and left.

The two males looked at each other. Once the door fully closed, Mokuba formed a fist and punched the wall. "I HATE when she does that!" he yelled, and released his anger in another punch.

"Well, its nice to know I've got my own servant for a change." Roberto replied with a smirk on his face. He laughed hardily at his own joke, until a fist struck him hard on the head.

"Not funny" Mokuba grunted with his arms crossed and his face turned the other way.

"ay…." Roberto said loudly, rubbing his head.

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Tea sat in the hot pool, her head leaned against the wall and her knees up against her chest. Her face was also getting the same treatment from the hot tears that never seemed to stop coming down. The night before had probably upset her more than it had upset Kaiba. Neither of them knew it would have affected her in such a way.

She removed her tear-streaked face from her knees with a little difficulty. Her face was stuck to her knees by the tears, but she manages to look up. The tree in front of her had an odd, yet familiar shape to it. She leaned her head sideways for a moment to get a clearer look at it, and all the spikes sticking out of it. She gasped as her heart instantly began to throb again to the point that she felt sick. Everything she saw reminded her of Yugi. The tree was very much like his hair, the pool was big and round… and warm, very much like his eyes used to be…. And her face… she was used to seeing Yugi next to her when she had a face like that… she needed his warmth… craved it.

She started shaking her head violently; so much that she got a headache and whiplash. WHY! Her mind shrieked why must you haunt me like this! Why can't I stop thinking of you?

"Tea?" Mokuba asked worriedly from the doorway, but she was too wrapped up in her furry and agony. " Tea! Stop!" he pleaded, and jumped for her, but a strong hand caught him.

"Leave her alone." Kaiba said with a bit of disgust.

The yonger boy looked up at his brother sharply, and was about to burst out in angry bouts, but one look at his pail face and paled, dried lips and he chocked on his words.

"hmph, pitiful." Seto snorted and started dragging his brother inside, leaving Tea to deal with her own anger.

She didn't show up at supper that night, and Seto wasn't able to eat. Maude waddled out of the kitchen with a large plate of food for Roberto. "Oh? Vere is ze girl?" she asked, she hadn't paid much attention when she was serving the food.

The older Kaiba looked towards the door and snorted, then pushed his chair out and swayed this way and that before reaching the door. "I think I'll go upstairs now…" he said, somewhat shakily and headed up.

He just couldn't see right. Everything spun around him, and he wasn't able to walk in a straight line. Getting to the bottom door seemed to take forever and he crashed into most of the walls on his journey up. His vision deteriorated, but he managed to hold out until he got to his room. Then, unable to reach his bed, he collapsed to the floor. What's…. happening….? Were the last two words that left his mind before his panting and darkness took over….

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DUN DUN DUUUN.

Ok, well ,this chapter was short and I haven't reread it.. but I didn't want to lose any viewers so I decided to update before I left….. even though it turned out terribly. Anyhow, as I said, I won't be here for the next five-six weeks, so don't expect any updates… and don't forget about me, I still need your opinions!